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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 20, 1940
Page
3
J C KEANE under instruction from MR E CLIFFORD Rankin Street will sell the entire furniture and effects including a Bell piano, double and single beds with bedding, dining room and sitting room items, kitchen furniture, tables and other valuable items.
A village fair lists horse and foot races for all ages from 1 AM to 5 PM including married and ladies races, obstacle and relay contests, singing, boxing, and kids games. Highlights include donkey riding, apple on a string, rope and spoon events, and a mock musical churn. Bring lunch. prizes awarded for all events.
P Y LEE, Chinese herbalist, advertises consultations in Melbourne and Sydney. He lists dates August 27 28 29 with locations Forbes and Navyal Hotel and Oxford Street Sydney. Claims cures for blood pressure nervous disorders liver gall bladder kidney digestive issues and ulcers. Melbourne branch at St Kilda Road and Strathmore? provides contact details and pre diagnosis by mail.
Proclamation under the Defence Act calling unarmed or widowed individuals aged 21 to 24 to report for enlistment for local militia duties. Enrolment centres listed near Orange, Wellington, Molong, Parkes, Forbes with deadlines by 18 August 1940. Names, addresses and reasons for non attendance must be provided. failure to report may lead to prosecution. Signed Lieutenant Colonel Ochlet, Enrolment Officer, 1 August 1940.
Council records detail budget requests and approvals including road works state highway program funds, sewerage alterations at Cary Hill Park, and electrical land dedication changes. Also listed are parade permissions for Forbes Volunteer Defence Corps and commemorative plaque quotations for the Bowling Club House, with war savings and community group inquiries.
Jemalong Shire Council invites tenders for road construction from Parkes to Covka midgera with gravel pavement. Tenders close 4 pm on Thursday September wh. plans and specifications available at the Shire Office Forbes. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. Shire Clerk M Golden.
A listing notes sale of a tractor unit and 1 inch pump about 226 feet of 4 inch piping at per foot price from J P Hyde Hyde's Garage Cowra with terse details and no further information.
Last week the Portes Pyrente P and C Association held a largely attended meeting. Major topics included fundraising, pupil supervision, repairs to the school and machinery, and plans for national efforts. Reports praised headsister and staff contributions while noting improvements and future plans for the High and Boys' Departments.
The Shire Clerk reports total rates and charges received amounting to £482,147 for the period, with current and arrears details noted. Revenue including commission from the Main Bones Department totals £208 from the state, and a further government payment is anticipated soon for the season, with a planned late payment for outstanding sales.
A Sunday disturbance case at Forbes Pokier Court involves Taniie Where Jones charged with using indecent language on Forester Street. Magistrate McCauley notes prior offenses, but the defendant pleads guilty and is fined with a future-good-behavior bond and no surety.
A garbled report outlines Queen competition notes and a sport day held at Daroola line last Friday in the country. It mentions Mrs Myotoah as queen and an upcoming event at Jemalong to raise funds for her candidature with a card pull at Carra bobiln.
A call for readers to share news tips and jokes that amuse the paper, inviting any true incidents or fresh stories from the community. The note emphasizes reader submissions as a source of timely, entertaining items.
A crowded Forbes Convent hall hosted a school play showing the infant classes and nursery performers. The program featured songs, a nature play The Birth of the Spring Kiow, The Three Bears dramatization, a Samba Counting Lesson, and a cantata The Magic Wood with staff and student cast lists.
The Shire Council meeting receives correspondence on proposed park area fencing road work and allotments. Entries discuss tenders for Mul Gandry Creek approaches and White Bird projects, plus a wartime road program budget cut and election procedures.
An engineer reported suitable cables on hand for a Jemalong bridge near Sy MtLAdert. The Conneth may provide assistance, with Lie Tuattey arranging Chap Meee access for Mr Stewart and residents on both river sides may benefit from support.
Mir Press, fealty inspector, told the council last week that Mia Alta Field on Rankin Street applied for a refreshment room license. The council granted one month to complete specified improvements and warned the license would not be issued if the repairs were not done.
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